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6 ways for beginners to start in freelance writing

by Guest Author Source link This is a guest article by Emily Johnson. If you are interested in submitting a guest article of your own, be sure to read the guest article guidelines. Well, this is a writer’s dream come true, pet subject, etc etc, is it not? This, after all, is what we writers loves

Review: City of Angels by K. Patrick

by Marta Cheng Source link ★★★★ City of Angels by K. Patrick commands a reader’s immediate attention with a riveting story about the triumph of the human spirit. Almost eighteen years old, Michael Connolly is a product of the Los Angeles child services system after the untimely death of his beloved father and sister hads

Novel characters: 15 top character creation tips

by Jordan Source link Great novel characters share common features: Distinct, authentic voices, character development, clear goals and motivations, strengths and flaws. Here are 15 of our top character creation tips gathered from some of the best writing blogs and websites: 1: Give your novel characters clear motivations that drive your story Writing characters who spring tos

WriteWorldwide Interview Number 13 – Suzy Jerusse

by Richard Rowlands Source link Welcome to the thirteenth instalment in our WriteWorldwide reader interview series. Today, Suzy Jerusse shares her experiences as a freelance writer, translator, and editor. Here’s what she had to say … 1) Please introduce yourself to the WriteWorldwide readers. I’m Suzy Jerusse. I was born and raised in Hungary, ands

A Saucy Recipe For Nanowrimo Success!

by terribleminds Source link HEY, TEAM IT’S ME, YOUR OLD PAL, CHNURK MANDOG and it’s time to — *jumps up in the air, a trail of stardust and rainbows firing from my feet and/or butt parts, freeze-frame, kapow* — do some NaNoWriMo! *winks* *bing* *doves fly* Ahem. Here’s the thing about the ol’ National Novels

NaNoWriMo starts TODAY. Good luck with your writing, all!

by Debbie Ridpath Ohi Source link I’ll be posting more NaNoWriMo comics from the archives throughout the month, but if you’re looking for tasy fresh NEW comics, my friend Errol Elumir is posting one every day at NaNoToons.net.

CONTRARY magazine Calls for Prose and Poetry for Winter Issue – Pays $20/poem

by Brian Scott Source link Online literary journal CONTRARY is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, and commentary for the Winter 2017/2018 issue. Token Payment: $20/author, regardless of how many submissions are accepted… ***

Why Food Writer Tori Ritchie Got an MFA in Creative Writing

by diannejacob Source link Tori Ritchie had been a food writer for 25+ years when she decided to get an MFA in Creative Writing. She was editing and writing cookbooks, teaching cooking, and writing freelance. But she found that the landscape had changed. Marketing and editorial budgets dried up when the recession hit, and bloggings

A Book Must Be the Axe for the Frozen Sea Inside Us

by JW Source link We need the books that affect us like disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. FRANZ KAFKA

Talent Isn’t Everything

by Melissa Donovan Source link How far will talent take you? Every writer hopes for talent, but what is talent, exactly? Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary offers several definitions: a special often athletic, creative, or artistic aptitude. general intelligence or mental power: ability the natural endowments of a person Talent gives people an edge or a head start.s